The college basketball season is only a month old, but Stanford already has lost three players for the season with injuries. The latest is senior guard Aaron Bright, who will miss the rest of the season with a dislocated right shoulder.

Bright will take a medical redshirt season to preserve a year of eligibility, his mother, Cindi, told The Chronicle. Because Stanford has committed its four scholarships for next season, Bright would have to play at another school. By NCAA rules, he would be allowed to play immediately.

He is expected to receive his degree in science, technology and society in June but would do graduate work wherever he transfers. He will undergo surgery Jan. 3.

"It's a really tough blow," he said in a statement released by the school. "I can guarantee you that I wouldn't want to play and battle on the court with anyone else other than the guys in that locker room. We have created such a bond."

His mother said his injury is "devastating."

The MVP of the 2012 NIT, which Stanford won, Bright ranks 10th in career assists in school history with 316. As a sophomore that season, he averaged 11.7 points and 3.7 assists.

During the NIT, he came off the bench in all five games and averaged 16.8 points, shooting 66.7 percent from three-point range.

He was injured during a practice on Thanksgiving Day. He joins Andy Brown, a starting forward last season, and sophomore guard Christian Sanders, who were already out for the season with injuries.

Bright was the only experienced point guard on the Cardinal (6-2). Junior Chasson Randle has nominally filled that role but is essentially a shooting guard. He is the team's leading scorer (18.5 points per game), but is only fourth on the team in assists with 2.0 per game.